Wednesday, November 7, 2012

1:44 PM

Just over 3 million voters cast ballots for president in Wisconsin according to unofficial returns, matching the prediction of state elections officials.

With 99 percent of precincts reporting statewide as of this afternoon, a total of 3,045,448 votes had been cast for Barack Obama, Mitt Romney and five third-party candidates for president. The total doesn't account for the remaining precincts or any ballots that did not include any of those candidates for president.

Government Accountability Board Director Kevin Kennedy had forecast turnout of at least 3 million votes, or just under 70 percent of the state's voting age population.